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Los Angeles Jazz   Live Jazz Calendar for the Los Angeles Area
Current concert and complete club listings for Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Calendarinfo provided by lajazz.com read more ...
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Written by LAjazz.com
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Friday, 18 August 2006 |
The 12th Annual West Coast Jazz Party will take place Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 3) at the Irvine Marriott Hotel in Irvine. Seventy artists from the United States and Japan, including three big bands, will perform over four nights and three full days of straight ahead jazz. Performances each night will center on a large stage in the Marriott's Grand Ballroom beginning at 7:00 p.m., and conclude with an acoustic lobby bar session. Late afternoon lobby sessions will also feature two to three artists together in an acoustic setting.
 Dave Frishberg © Andrea Canter
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 16 August 2006 |
Rico Coffee
2320-A Foothill Blvd.
La Verne, CA 91750
909-392-1999
Jazz most Fridays and Saturdays. Straight ahead jazz, to Latin, pop, eclectic and fusion. We've had bands play Django to Brubeck. It's really a fun venue. Downbeat is prompt as indicated on their website:
www.RicoCoffee.com |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Friday, 04 August 2006 |
“There is no one around who is better
on the alto saxophone. What comes out of his horn is soulful, full of
fire and timeless”—Wynton Marsalis.
 Frank Morgan © Andrea Canter
Frank Morgan’s
energetic alto belies his 70+ years and three decades of heroin
addiction. His comeback in the 1980s to the highest level of burning
bop was nothing short of remarkable. The son of Ink Spots guitarist
Stanley Morgan was born in Minneapolis, moved to Milwaukee at age six,
and studied guitar as a young child. He was inspired to switch
instruments at age seven after hearing Charlie Parker with the Jay
McShann Band. Through his father, he was able to meet Parker who
suggested that young Morgan start out on the clarinet. Said
Morgan, “I was a little mad with Bird, because I wanted to play
saxophone. I didn't understand that he thought he was getting me off to
a proper start…It proved to be a blessing, insofar as I was able to
develop a clarinet technique that has carried over into my saxophone
playing." Within a couple years, Morgan had moved on to soprano and
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Written by Don Berryman
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Wednesday, 02 August 2006 |
On August 10th through the 13th Pat Martino will present a Tribute To Wes
Montgomery at the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood with a quartet that includes Scott Robinson on drums, Rick Germanson on piano,
David Robaire on bass, and Danny Sadownick on percussion. Pat began playing professionally in 1961. He has performed with a wide variety of artists including Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Richard Groove Holmes, John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson, Chick Corea, Jack McDuff, Don Patterson, Stanley Clark, Eric Kloss, Trudy Pitts, Woody Herman, Chuck Israels, Charles Earland. Since 1967, Pat has been touring as a leader and often pays tribute to Wes Montgomery who inspired him.
 Pat Martino © Jimmy Katz
After Django and Charlie Christian before him, Wes Montgomery is
one of the most influential jazz guitarists for those who followed. Wes
had an instinctive knowledge of jazz harmony and an incredible facility
for playing the guitar. Although Montgomery was widely known for his
inovative use of octaves, he was also an excellent single-line player,
and was influential in the use of block chords in his solos. Wes also
help refine the sound of the jazz organ trio in his work with organist
Mel Rhyne. His early works on Riverside records are some of the finest
jazz guitar recordings available. Pat went on to greater commercial
sucess with more commercial music with A&M records in the late 60s. |
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